Founded by free Blacks who had settled in this area, it was first known as the "African Meeting House," Formally organized in 1843 as an African Union Methodist Protestant church. A station stop on the Underground Railroad, its many visitors included Frederick Douglass and Sojourner Truth.

Marker is at the intersection of Baltimore Pike and Ashrum Ave., on the right when traveling north on Baltimore Pike.

Courtesy hmdb.org

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